Petrol price crosses ₹100/litre mark in Chennai

After Mumbai and Bengaluru and several other metros, Chennai on Friday joined the list of cities where petrol prices crossed ₹100 per litre for the first time. Petrol is currently being sold at ₹100.13 per litre in the city.

With this, all districts in Tamil Nadu have crossed the ₹100 mark, said KP Murali, president, Tamil Nadu Petroleum Dealers Association. “It crossed the ₹100 mark due to oil companies increasing prices everyday as per the administration’s price mechanism and depending on the daily crude market rate,” said Murali.

This mark was breached in several parts of the city, while in a few outlets, petrol was being sold at ₹99.80 per litre.